The origins of traditional Chinese medicine can be traced to Shen Nong Shi, a mythological figure from about 5,000 years ago, who sampled hundreds of herbs for use as medicines. The formal history of TCM starts about 2,500 years ago with the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, the first written account of its practice.
Lingshu Jing or simply Lingshu for short, together with Su Wen is called Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon of Medicine, is one of the earliest medical classics in China.
Jing Xiao Chan Bao(Treasured Knowledge of Obstetrics), also calledChan Bao, was compiled between 847 and 852.
Maijing compiled by Wang Shuhe in the Western Jin Dynasty (265-316), is the first extant book specializing in sphygmology in China.
Wang Shuhe, also named "Wang Xi", was from Gaoping (now Gaoping County, Shanxi Province) of the Western Jin Dynasty (265-316).
Sun Simiao (581-682) was a great medical scientist of China in the Tang Dynasty (618-907). His native place was Jingzhao Huayuan (now Sunjiayuan in Hui County, Shaanxi Province).
Huangfu Mi was born in the year 215 in a poor farmhouse in Anding Chaona (now Lingtai of Gansu Province) of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220).
Ambitious couple set up largest chain of TCM clinics throughout switzerland.
A dialogue full of promise between Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Western Medicine (WM) has started in Italy.
While some Chinese experts propose abolishing traditional Chinese medicine, foreign pharmaceutical institutions and industries are pursuing them.
practices. TCM, which dates back more than 2,000 years in China, is now becoming popular abroad
